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proof that calling a sandwich a tortilla burrito makes it lunch worth pretending is healthy
means To fold or wind something around an object so it's covered or enclosed — or the noun for whatever does the covering, from gift paper to a flatbread folded around fillings.
from From Middle English 'wrappen,' meaning to wind or fold, with murky Germanic roots — possibly related to words for twisting or coiling. The lunch sense is a 1990s invention, when delis decided a rolled tortilla sounded lighter than a sandwich; the 'film wrap' sense of a movie shoot is separate slang, supposedly an acronym backronym ('Wind, Reel, And Print'), but that's almost certainly a clever after-the-fact story rather than the true origin.
film cue"That's a wrap" once meant wind, reel, and print
oldest formMesoamericans wrapped fillings in tortillas for millennia
gift logicJapan's furoshiki cloth wraps reusably, no tape needed
car cultureVinyl wraps protect paint and peel off clean
naming trickRestaurants charge more once it's rolled, not stacked